DENIGRATORS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

denigrators

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as in detractors

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detractors

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Nevada’s detractors argued that vote-counting there could take days, creating a fiasco in which the winner isn’t immediately known.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 July 2026
In any organization, roughly 20% are adopters who are bought in and know how to implement the change; about 70% believe in it but have no idea how to execute it; and 10% are detractors who think the whole thing is nonsense.

— Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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